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At this point, Caleb Reynolds is a reality TV veteran. The 28-year-old Kentucky native earned the name Beast Mode Cowboy when he made it to Day 90 following a crazy summer on Big Brother. Then, he received the “heroes edit” during Survivor: Kaôh Rōng before getting airlifted out of Cambodia on just Day 9 following a serious brush with heat stroke.

Caleb then joined on board for season 34 of Survivor with a plethora of other game changing players - as a brand-new season of the reality series got started – with the hopes that he could outwit, outplay and outlast his own efforts the last time around.

But it turns out that wasn’t the case after a surprise tribe swap on week 2 as Caleb was ousted by his fresh new tribe on Day 9, yet again.

“I think it’s a curse. Or probably just a coincidence, I don’t know. Go figure,” Caleb said following his ouster episode this weekend, sounding disappointed with the results.

“Someone like me don’t ever catch a break. When people watch you on one thing and you go from Big Brother and then they watch you on Survivor where you get a heroes edit and then you play again – you’re automatically seen as this huge threat to everybody. It just so happened to be Day 9 again.”

When Jeff Probst prompted the returning castaways to drop their buffs and pick new ones, things were looking up for Caleb when he wound up on the same tribe as his Kaôh Rōng ally, Tai Trang. But thanks to the incredible “manipulation tactics,” of alpha-male Brad Culpepper, Tai was convinced that it was better for his game if he voted out his own friend. So, that’s what happened.

“I think he made a mistake,” Caleb said of Tai’s vote, which was one of five against him, when the Mana tribe headed to tribal council after a tense immunity challenge loss.

“I do believe that he did what he thinks is best for his game. But at the same time, Tai would have had my loyalty until the end of the game. And if I was in jury and he was at the end, he still would have had my vote. With Brad Culpepper, I don’t believe he will. I believe Brad Culpepper will switch on him and send him packing at any moment in the game and that’s something that I never would have done.”

With the loss of such a physical competitor like himself, Caleb is certain that his former tribe will be paying the price for their decision to oust him from the group and they’ll be heading right back to tribal council next week.

“With Brad being the only work horse there, they’ll probably lose. They’ll probably end up going to tribal council and Haley – I would assume – would probably be leaving. “